Freshly out of the lab! Excited to share the results of a great collaboration between the Laurens Pauwels lab @laurenspauwels.bsky.social and the lab of @hildenelissen.bsky.social We developed and validated more efficient CRISPR layouts using a split-cross Cas9/gRNA system in maize !!!
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
We used single-cell RNA-seq + GRN analysis to uncover novel morphogenic genes that boost #maize transformation frequency 🌽
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks to @vandepoelelab.bsky.social @bertderybel.bsky.social and all other co-authors!
#PlantScience
Amazing work by the equally amazing @maitesaura.bsky.social in a large collaborative project with Tina Kyndt, Tom Beeckman and Carolina Escobar! So proud to share this with the community!
🌱 Our latest: in Plant Biotech J we study transgenerational #CRISPR editing in #maize🌽 using a split Cas9/gRNA system, highlighting importance of event quality & choice of promoters. 👏 Christian Lorenzo, Dirk Inzé and Hilde Nelissen @fbwugent.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
The EU will #GiveGenesAChance! 🇪🇺💚
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
#Trilogue #NGTs
Application deadline January 30, 2026 or until position is filled
About the lab
The VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB) is a world-leading plant sc
The new rules will make the EU food system more secure and sustainable, with climate- and pest-resistant plants that give higher yields and require fewer fertilisers and pesticides.
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New preprint! 🐛 Root-knot nematodes hijack root cells, turning them into feeding sites and making plants very sick. Using a cross-species scRNA-seq approach we mapped this process and show how this knowledge can be used to engineer resistant crops.🌱 A summary🧵 :
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
